Morrison Construction Awarded St Andrews Community Hospital Contract

Morrison Construction have been awarded a £32m contract to build a public-private partnership hospital and health care centre in St Andrews.

Construction will begin immediately on 10,800 sq m of land to the south of St Andrews.

Facilities at the hospital will include:

• Primary care services including three GP practices
In-patient facilities, 12 elderly care beds and 24 GP community beds
• Diagnostic and treatment centre: out-patients, X-ray, physiotherapy, minor and diagnostic day surgery, echocardiography, endoscopy, dermatology treatment facilities and satellite renal dialysis unit.
• Day-based assessment and rehabilitation centre for physically frail elderly, mentally frail elderly and patients suffering from mental illness.
• Minor injuries unit with treatment rooms, phlebotomy and primary care emergency services
• Dental, orthodontic and podiatry care
• Fife Council social work services

NHS Fife chairman, Professor Jim McGoldrick, said: "We are delighted to reach this stage in the development of the St Andrews Community Hospital and Health Centre, which will provide improved local services for people living in the North East of Fife."


The hospital is expected to open by July 2008.

(GK)